The Indonesian government has blocked privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo after numerous complaints from citizens about search results containing links to pornography and online gambling content. Gambling is illegal in Indonesia and porn is considered morally unacceptable.
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“We can confirm that DuckDuckGo is blocked in Indonesia due to their censorship policies. Unfortunately, there is currently no way to unblock it, similar to how we have been blocked in China for about a decade,” DuckDuckGo told the resource. BleepingComputer. However, the Google Search search engine is still available in the country.
In January 2024, Indonesia announced it was blocking nearly 600,000 gambling websites and 5,000 bank accounts linked to them. Earlier, the government blocked numerous porn sites, Reddit and Vimeo, and imposed temporary or partial restrictions on Tumblr, Telegram, TikTok, Netflix and Badoo.
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In the future, the Indonesian government plans to block free VPNs that the population uses to bypass blocking. This is about reported On July 31, Indonesian Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi (pictured above) stressed that gaming enthusiasts are using free VPN tools to access blocked online gambling portals.
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